2016 parliamentary elections
2016 parliamentary elections
October 2, 2016
The violent incident that occurred in Didinedzi Village on October 1 is jeopardizing free and fair pre-election environment. A physical clash one week before the elections leads to escalation of tensions between political forces, giving rise to a violent setting for the Election Day.
September 27, 2016
კამპანია „ეს შენ გეხება“ ეხმაურება ინტერნეტსივრცეში, სავარაუდოდ, საქართველოს ექს-პრეზიდენტის, მიხეილ სააკაშვილისა და „ერთიანი ნაციონალური მოძრაობის“ წევრების საუბრის ჩანაწერის გავრცელებას.
September 27, 2016
According to the explanatory memo attached to the draft, increase of budget expenses has been proposed in consideration of heavy precipitations and natural disasters anticipated this fall and coming winter.
Civil Society Organizations urge political parties to refrain from organizing counter-demonstrations
September 16, 2016
Monitoring of the pre-election period shows that as elections approach representatives of various political parties are engaging in destructive behavior against their opponents with increasing frequency. This behavior includes intentionally inflicting damage to election headquarters and campaign materials. These actions exacerbate the conflict between party activists, increase the risk of violence and have an overall negative impact on the pre-election environment.
September 12, 2016
The working group for Women’s Political Participation in Georgia presented initial results of gender analysis of parties’ lists for the upcoming parliamentary elections during a press conference on September 12, 2016. On September 8, 2016, electoral subjects submitted their final lists to the Central Election Commission for the October 8 parliamentary elections.
September 9, 2016
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) has been monitoring October 8, 2016 elections of the Parliament of Georgia and Adjara Supreme council since July 1, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The third interim report of the pre-election monitoring covers the period from August 8 to September 1, 2016, as well as developments that began to unfold before August 8 and continued during the monitoring period.
September 9, 2016
On September 9, International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) published the third interim report of pre-election monitoring for October 8, 2016 Parliamentary Elections. The report covers the period from August 8 to September 1.
September 8, 2016
GDS TV is launching series of television program in September where former Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili meets live with local journalists from all ten regions of Georgia. The TV program will be broadcasted on Mondays and Thursdays during the pre-election period.
September 6, 2016
We, the signatory non-governmental organizations express our concern regarding a August 23, 2016 racisit statement that Mr. Zaza Mamaladze, the Saburtalo District majoritarian candidate of the “Patriot Alliance” has made in the air of Media-Union “Obieqtivi”.
September 1, 2016
ISFED has learned that free food is distributed from a booth outside the office of the electoral subject, ‘Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi, Irma Inashvili, Alliance of Patriots of Georgia, United Opposition’, located at 2 Dzmebi Kakabadzeebi Str.
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